Gomer was smart to keep the team in the tunnel during the banner ceremony

[IronEagle]

They have had all offseason to celebrate. This ceremony was for the fans and the F.O. and could only have been a distraction for the players right before the game.

[TRENT]

Think they will hang a regular Banner?

or keep the screen up there?

[IronEagle]

or keep the screen up there?

Probably will hang a regular banner next to the screen and then use the screen for ads and future ceremonies.

[slag]

I'm curious if they've abandoned introducing the offense and defense on alternate games ... or if they went with the entire team to save time due to the weather delay ... or if they intro'ed the whole team as champs just for that game.

[art vandelay]

i assumed it was because of the weather delay. it would have been cool to see foles get an MVP welcome.

was anyone else expecting a warning before they unveiled the banner?

[IronEagle]

i assumed it was because of the weather delay. it would have been cool to see foles get an MVP welcome.

was anyone else expecting a warning before they unveiled the banner?

I think the whole ceremony got messed up because of the delay. When asked about why he kept the players in the tunnel, Gomer was noncommittal. He was kind like "i don't know, just felt like it."

[TerpEagle]

They have had all offseason to celebrate. This ceremony was for the fans and the F.O. and could only have been a distraction for the players right before the game.

Did they stay in partially due to the rain delay? I think that helped ease the distraction of all the hoopla for the opener.

[Maniac]

I think the whole ceremony got messed up because of the delay. When asked about why he kept the players in the tunnel, Gomer was noncommittal. He was kind like "i don't know, just felt like it."

No analytics. Went with his gut.

[Corkey_for_President]

To say it was anti-climatic would be an understatement. I found it very disappointing.

[IronEagle]

To say it was anti-climatic would be an understatement. I found it very disappointing.

Agreed. They told us it was going to be at 7:30. I think they could have gotten it in before the storm arrived. In any case it was all messed up.

[CbEagle]

it was going to be close, from the upper bowl we could see a lot of lightning coming from the northwest and probably didn't want to push it.

[Corkey_for_President]

We stayed put as I watched the flights continue to arrive at PHL. Had that stopped, I would have vacated.

[CbEagle]

Yeah we pretty much just laughed at the PA announcer, did find out that in the event of a real emergency we are fucked in the upper bowl. Only about a third of the fans left and it took forever to get them out.

[IronEagle]

Yeah we pretty much just laughed at the PA announcer, did find out that in the event of a real emergency we are fucked in the upper bowl. Only about a third of the fans left and it took forever to get them out.

My friend Marty joked that it was just a ruse to sell more beer. Another guy noted that this was the first time the stadium was full well before kickoff.

Although I have to admit it rained pretty hard for a while and there were lightning strikes nearby. When I went back to my seat there was a mini flood there.

[slag]

There is no fucking way, considering the legal implications, that they were going to ignore a lightning storm.